Barrel support



June 16, 1925. 1,542,713

TA. OLSON BARREL SUPPORT Filed Dec. 26, 25

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Patented June 16, 1 92 5. 1

TED STATE ALFRED O'LSON, orcLnaK, SOUTH DAKOTA.

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7 Application filed December 26,1923. Serial No. 682,774. I

To allp'wh om it may concern:

Belt known that I, ALFRED'OLSON,-Cll 1- zen of the United States, residing at Clark,

in the county of Clark and State of South 15 Dakota, have-invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Barrel Supports, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates'to improve--- ments in the construction of stands for barrels and has for its object toproduce a device of this character which is of an exprevented and also wherebysaid barrel may beefl'ective lyhandled. l

Other objects will appear as the nature of the invention is better'understood, and the same consists in the'novel. form, combina tion, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the 'accompanying drawing, and claimed;

characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

iFigure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the improvement applied to-:a barrel and supporting the latter in a substantially horizontal tilted position,

Figure 2 is atop plan 'view" of the-improvement, s

Figure 3 is a front end elevation of the device shown in Figure 1 with the barrel in place. V

Figure 4 isanenlarged fragmentary perspective view showing the outer end portion of one of the inner arm sections, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing one of theouter arm sections.

The stand or barrel support is preferably constructed of metal and comprises a transverse cradle member 5 that is supported at the required elevation by meansof a pair of side uprights 6 which are rigidly connected at their lower ends by a transverse connecting member 7. The uprights 6 and the con necting member 7 are preferably formed of a single piece of strap" iron, with their free end portions extended inwardlyfrom the In the drawingfwherein' like reference 1,542,713" PATENT orrlcsgu upper ends of the uprights 6 to form the transverse cradle member 5, the ends of these end portions being rigidly secured together as-indicated at 8 A longitudinal rod centrally intersects the cradle member 5 and is rigidly'secured to the latter by the fastening means as at 8,

so as toextend alongside the barrel when I the latter is disposed within the cradle mem- This I ber as shownin Figures 1, 2,iand 3. rod is composed of'forwardly and rearwardly pro ect1ng arms that are adjustablein length andv the outer ends ofwhich are 7 provided with inwardly extending hooks 9 adapted to engage with the chines at the.

opposite ends of the barrel 10. The forwardly extending arm of the rod is longer than the rearwardly extending arm thereof, so that the uprights 6 and cradle member 5 may be positioned nearer the bottom of the barrel 10 than the top thereof, or to one side ofthe transverse center of the-barrel as shown in Figure 1,:when-the hooks 9 areengaged with the barrel chines. This rod comprises an inner forward arm section v11,

andian inner rear arm section 12, in the are formed; Thus, the arms of the longi-i tudinal rodfare adjustable in length, and in order to maintain the outer arms sections 13 and 14 in any adjusted position, the outer ends of the inner'arm sections 11 and 12 are longitudinallyslotted as at 15 and pro-' vided with pairs of ears as at'16 for reception of clamping bolts 17 by means ofwhich the outer ends of the arms 11 and 12 may be tightly drawn together about the inner. ends of the outer arm sections 13 and 14.

As shown more clearly in Figure 3, the transverse cradle member 5 is not of true semi-circular form but is of substantially semi-oval or elliptical form so that barrels of differing diameters may be disposed thereon and properly centered between the uprights 6; It is thus apparent that the device is formed in a simple and practical manner for accommodating barrels of differing heights or lengths and of differing diameter.

Inclined pairs of converging braces 18 are provided between the lower ends of the uprights 6 and the outer end portlons of the inner arms lland 12 so that'the longitudinal I construction whereby the displacement of the longitudinal arms out of proper relation to the cradle member and upright is prevented.

By reason of the fact that the uprights 6 and cradle member 5 are positioned to one side of the transverse axis or center of the barrel, the remaining of the latter in its tilted position under the influence of gravity is insured, and in order to sustain the barrel in a substantially horizontal tilted position against further tilting movement, a folding leg 19 is provided on the adjustable outer. arm section 13 of the longerarm of the longitudinal rod, the leg 19 having its upper end pivoted as at 20 to the arm section 13 so that said leg may be folded parallel with thearm section 13 when not in use.

'From the above, it will be seen that the side edges of the transverse member 7 which connects the lower ends of the uprights 6 provides fulcrums whereby the barrel may be readily tilted to a substantially horizontal position, in which it is sustained by the action of gravity, and the engagement of the lower end of the leg 19 upon the floor or other support.

From the above description, it is believed that the construction and operation as well as the advantages of the present invention will be readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art.

What I claim as new is:

1. A barrel stand including a pair of uprights, a transverse member rigidly connecting the uprights at their lower ends, a transverse cradle member carried by the upper ends of the uprights and adapted for supporting reception of a barrel, a longitudinal rod centrally intersecting the cradle and rigid with the latter, said longitudinal rod comprising forward and rear arms adjustable in length, and provided upon their outer ends with inwardly extending hooks designed to engage with the chines at the opposite ends of the barrel, means to maintain the arms of the longitudinal rod at any adjusted length whereby the hooks may be maintained in engagement with barrels of different sizes, the forward arm of the longitudinal rod being of greater length than the rear arm thereof whereby the cradle member is positioned to one side of the transverse axis of the barrel when the hooks or are engaged with the chines of the latter, and a folding leg carried by the longer forward arm of the longitudinal rod to sustain the barrel in a horizontal tilted position.

2. A barrel stand including a pair of uprights, a transverse member rigidly connecting the uprights at their lower ends, a trans verse cradle member carried by the upper ends of the uprights and adapted for supporting reception of a barrel, a longitudinal rod centrally intersecting the cradle and rigid with the latter, said longitudinal rod comprising forward and rear arms adjustable in length and provided upon their outer ends with inwardly extending hooks adapted to engage with the chines at the opposite ends of the barrel, means to maintain the arms of the longitudinal rod at any adjusted length whereby the hooks may be maintained in engagement with barrels of different sizes, the forward arm of the longitudinal rod being of greater length than the rear arm thereof whereby the cradle member is positioned to one side of the transverse axis of the barrel whenthe hooks are engaged with the chines of the latter, a folding leg carried by the longer forward arm of the longitudinal rod to sustain the barrel in a horizontal tilted position, said transverse cradle member being rigid with the upper ends of the uprights so as to bodily move with the barrel together with the uprights and transverse member which connects the lower ends of the uprights when the barrel is tilted about a fulcrum defined by said transverse upright connecting member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALFRED oI soN. 

